After walking through the dark passage for nearly half an hour, the group suddenly noticed a light ahead and quickly went over to it, arriving at a large hall.
The group found nothing in the hall, only an empty hall about a hundred feet in size, with no other way out. It was surrounded by a solid steel wall, as if they had entered a dead end.
Upon seeing this, the two array masters, Qinghua Yue and Ding Mingxu, slowly began to investigate the surroundings. They found no trace of arrays or mechanisms; it was simply a dead end that had everyone trapped here.
Ding Mingxu frowned and said, "This place is very strange! Not only is there no formation, but it also seems like there are no mechanisms set up. All that's left is a large, enclosed hall. What does this mean?"
Seeing this, Qinghua Yue became very interested. "Interesting! The owner of this palace wouldn't have built such a grand hall for no reason. There must be something special inside! We just haven't discovered it yet!"
Upon seeing this, Li Changfeng frowned. He smelled a faint scent of blood, but it was so faint that it would be impossible to detect without careful observation.
"Can you... smell a faint scent of blood?"
Upon hearing this, everyone shook their heads. "No! There's no smell of blood at all. I didn't smell anything."
Upon hearing this, Qinghua Yue froze, carefully sniffing the surrounding air. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. "I smell it! There is definitely a bloody smell here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, streams of bright red liquid suddenly gushed out from the entire land. Everyone was surprised to see this. Some curious disciples even gently touched the red liquid with their fingers. As soon as they touched it, their entire bodies turned bright red.
A violent, scorching heat erupted from their bodies, as if they were being burned by flames, and they struggled and roared wildly on the ground.
In a short while, his entire body turned into a stream of blood that merged with the bright red liquid on the ground, transforming into a terrifying, unidentified red liquid.
Upon seeing this, Qinghua Yue was immediately alarmed and shouted, "This is Corpse-Rot Water! Everyone, please do not touch it! This water dissolves upon contact with flesh and blood, and there is absolutely no antidote!"
Suddenly, the entire earth began to shake violently, and torrents of Corpse-Rot Water surged from the ground, splashing wildly in all directions. Before anyone could react, they were all hit by these Corpse-Rot Water, instantly turning into pools of blood that merged with the Corpse-Rot Water on the ground.
It looked extremely eerie and terrifying. Upon seeing this, Li Changfeng quickly pulled Zhou Zhiruo to his side. His golden light and indestructible power suddenly erupted, activating an Indestructible Body could withstand all magic, forcibly resisting the overwhelming Corpse-Rot Water!
The Corpse-Rot Water hit Li Changfeng's Indestructible Body, but it had no effect whatsoever. It was simply deflected like ordinary rainwater. Li Changfeng was astonished. "It seems that this Corpse-Rot Water is only effective against flesh and blood!"
At this moment, many people also realized what was happening and activated their true qi shields to resist the overwhelming Corpse-Rot Water. However, more and more Corpse-Rot Water was floating on the ground, and there were not many places left to stand. There were also no buildings around for them to climb onto, and the situation was extremely critical!
Some disciples who had no seats left had bloodshot eyes and started attacking those who still had seats. A fierce battle broke out in the hall, with people killing each other!
"Get out of my way!!"
"Get out of my way? Then where am I supposed to stand? Don't even think about it!"
"Then you can't blame me! Prepare to die!!"
When their own lives were threatened, the disciples couldn't care less about anything else. They could only eliminate the weak by the law of the jungle, and those who survived were all strong. The leaders were helpless in the face of this situation, as they themselves could hardly protect themselves, let alone the others.
At this point, there was no room left on the ground; the water was about to fill the entire hall into a pool, and the situation was becoming increasingly precarious.
Seeing this, Li Changfeng gritted his teeth, hugged Zhou Zhiruo tightly, and began to search around. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and thought of a plan. He then jumped up with Zhou Zhiruo in his arms.
He took out the Dark Iron Dragon-Tiger Staff, his arm veins bulging, and his immense strength of 60,000 jin suddenly erupted. Streams of light red Draconic Elephant True Qi condensed in the iron cudgel, and he thrust it fiercely into the wall. The entire iron cudgel slammed into the wall like a dragon.
With a loud bang, a hole was punched through the wall, and the entire iron rod was inserted into it. Li Changfeng suddenly exerted force with his arm, pulling Zhou Zhiruo up onto the iron rod and standing on it.
The leaders and elders were all impressed by Li Changfeng's actions. They each used all their strength to smash a hole in the wall, hanging their weapons or standing on it, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing this, the remaining disciples tried to do the same, but unfortunately they were too weak to break through the wall. Only a few disciples were able to break through, and the rest were brought up by their elders or masters. The remaining disciples pleaded desperately with the people on the wall.
"Help... help me! We don't want to die!!"
The people on the wall looked extremely grim upon seeing this. It wasn't that they didn't want to save them, but that they had no way to do so. They could only lower their heads and stop looking at these disciples, leaving them to fend for themselves.
The disciples frantically scratched at the wall, tearing the flesh of their fingers to shreds until the white bones were visible. Unfortunately, they still couldn't break through the wall. They glared at the crowd with resentment before turning into pools of blood and Corpse-Rot Water.
Zhou Zhiruo clung tightly to Li Changfeng, not daring to look even once at the Emei disciples below, feeling extremely ashamed.
Li Changfeng sighed as he looked at the people who had turned into blood on the ground. He didn't know how to face them for a moment, so he could only silently recite the Diamond Sutra for them to help them pass on to the afterlife.
One hour later.
The Corpse-Rot Water on the ground had risen to a depth of nearly ten feet, and the corrosive water around it stopped flowing out. Seeing this, everyone's faces turned gloomy. Now they were truly caught between a rock and a hard place, unable to advance or retreat.
Suddenly, the entire hall made a cracking sound, and the water level of the Corpse-Rot Water in the hall dropped sharply. In just a moment, all the Corpse-Rot Water disappeared, and a formation faintly appeared on the ground, slowly settling down, just like the hall that had just appeared!
Upon seeing this, Qinghua Yue's eyes narrowed. "So that's how it is! This formation was actually set up underground and then raised by a mechanism. Truly brilliant! An extremely sophisticated technique! It's impossible to defend against!"
After speaking, Qinghua Yue jumped to the ground, and everyone else followed suit. Qinghua Yue closed her eyes and recalled the array patterns that had appeared earlier...
Suddenly, Qinghua Yue's eyes snapped open, and she said gravely, "Let me guess! The formation just now was Flesh Sacrifice Array! The purpose of this formation is to use flesh and blood to sacrifice demons to fight, a method that is extremely brutal and insidious!"